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| Basic information | Name: Zaoyang This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: Yes Year fell: 1984 Country: China Mass:  14.25 kg | ||||||||||||||||
| Classification history: |
This is 1 of 11567 approved meteorites (plus 23 unapproved names) classified as H5. [show all] Search for other: H chondrites, H chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 65:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. FALL OF THE ZAOYANG, CHINA, STONY METEORITE Name: ZAOYANG Place of fall: Zaoyang County, Hubei province, China. 32°18'N., 112°45'E. Date of fall: October 18, 1984, 1815 hrs. Class and type: Stone. Olivine-bronzite chondrite (H5). Olivine Fa24.4. Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 14.15 kg Circumstances of fall: A fireball was seen travelling from SW to NE. Source: D. Wang, Institute of Geochemistry, Academica Sinica, Guiyang, China; A.E. Rubin and J.T. Wasson, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA. The material is now held by the Institute of Geochemistry, Academia Sinica, Guiyang, China. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 65, Meteoritics 22, 157-163 (1987)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 7 approved meteorites from Hubei, China This is 1 of 516 approved meteorites from China (plus 13 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater) | ||||||||||||||||
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